LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3173, 25 August 1917, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgfety aoid Company, Limited, j report liaving'held a 1 successful clearing '. sale on 1 account of Mr. T. Eevan at Mana-1 • • iau on Wednesday last. .There was a largo and representative attendance of . local and outside buyers, ac<L a total ' clearajice was made of the • stock offered ■ at most satisfactory priceß. Tho dairy ierd of 70 cows averaged close on £14, a large number of those Tecently calved, and n*. the drop fetching between £16 and ; £18 luS. The remainder of the cows offered - comprised heifers, store cows, and. late' calvcrs, which, also .sold. "well,, at , £rom £7 to £9 15s. Other prices realised vrere as under: —Fat wethers, 375. 7d. to 40s. 3d.; store "wethers, 345. 6d.; f.m. ewes - in iamb, 315. 3d.; store ewes, 21s. 7d.; m.s. : Ihoggets, 275..t0 28s. 5d.; bulls, to lis. 10d.; '■ xn.B. weainers, £2 155.; m.s. yearlings, £3 165.; calves, 165.; sow and litter, £7; young : cows, to £2 25.; iveaner pigs, 15s. With tho exception of two Shetland ponies, "whioh brought £11 and £8 10s., there w«ta no demand for horses. ' . , ~ Messrs. Dalgety imd Company, Limited,. - report that at their Upper Hutt sale on ' Thursday thero was a good attendance of buyers, and a total clearance was made of a large entry of cattle,, whack were • keenly .competed, for. Prices realised. • were as follows:—Fat'wethers, 395. 6d.; fat 'cows, to £10 155.; springing,cows, to £12; • Rpringing heifers, to £9 155.; heifers, with • • calves, £6 12s. to £8 125.; twenty-month 'steers, £8.95. to £8 17s. 6d.; weaner bulls, Dalgety. aiid Company, Limited, j report having held their Levin sale on c Tuesday, when they offered a fair yaiding of sheep and cattle, which mot -with a ready sale. They quote:—Light fat "wetli- . ers, 38s. 7d.; f.m. ewes in lamb, to 275. 6d.; ' m.s. hoggets, ,21s. 3d. .to 245.; cuIL hoggets, 16s. 73.; twenty-month steers, £B 6d.; yearling -heifers, £3 155.; bulls, £11 4s. - -\essrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, I Palmerston North, report having a ™ r y fair entry of both sheep and cattle at " their Palmerston North sole on Thursday, when a total clearance .was, effected. , Quotations.: Sheep—'Small , hoggets, 193. , lid., as.,' 21s. 7d., 21s. .to ffls-Ms forward owes, 19s. to 21s- Oattl&: Backward dairv heifers; £5125. 6d„ £&5a.,£6 15s. to £6 ' 2s. 6d.: empty store cows, £6 155.; lutnt fat cows, £11 lis.; coloured fat coTrs. £11 Is-; - coloured yeaTling steers, £4 10s.; , B.ii. .- cross yearling heifers, £5. _ : The New Zealand Loon and Mercantile . Agency Co. report:-A.t Palmerston ftorth on Thursday we had a fair yarding of : Btcok, which sold at late rates. We quote :—B.F. hoggets, ,195.; fair nuied hoB- ; gots. Ms. 6d.; yearling S.H. £5: store cows, £5, £5 135., £6 Ss.; forward ' empty oowb, £7 15s, £8, £8 95., £8 165.; fat cows, £10 12s. Gd„ £12 55.; spnm|inc oows, £7 to £9; Brnnfjine heifers, -£8 12s. 6d„ £10. £10 55., £11 ss. " . The New Zealand LoflJi and \feroantile

Agency Co. report:—On Wednesday -we liala a sale of dairy stcok oif account of ait. *J. King;, Eunnythorpc. The attendance was good and competition brisk throughout. The herd of cows sold at'an average price of £14 145.,. best priccs being £16, £16 10b., £17, £17 10s.; springing heifers, £g to £ji ]os.; yearling heifers, £5 2s. 6d.; two-year gelding, £15 15g.; yearling Ally, £6 10s.; bull calves, 165.; Jieifer calves, 195.; sow and! litter, £4; breeding j bows, £3.